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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G5729
People
Anton Wierix II, Flemish (c. 1555/1559 - 1604)
Frans Floris, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1519/20 - 1570 Antwerp)
Title
Holy Family
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Holy Kinship
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1591
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/280198

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved in lower foreground : Anto. Wiexinx Sculpsit  Mich. Synders excudit
  • inscription: engraved in lower plate margin: VIRGO PERENS, COELOQ. PVER DEMISSA PROPAGO.  IOSEPH, ET PODROM: HANC DECORAT TABVLA.
  • (not assigned): engraved on tablet on the back wall: FRACISCVS / FLORIS / INVENTOR.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: wiericx  ER
  • watermark: [illegible; looks like an oval with a cenral sword or lance running through it]
  • collector's mark: Verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: GRAY COLLECTION, / 5729/ HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iv
Standard Reference Number
M.H. 449; A. 524

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G5729
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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